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We Like It Like That! A Boogaloo Celebration at Lincoln Center Out of Doors FestivalDamrosch Park Bandshell - Thursday, August 6 at 7 PM
Latin boogaloo is a product of the melting pot of New York City, a colorful expression of 1960s Afro-Latino soul, rocketing to popularity from the streets of El Barrio, New York's East Harlem, and being reborn today and introduced across ...(Published: July 21, 2015) [read more]

Letieres Leite & Orkestra Rumpilezz (U.S. Debut) with special guests Arturo O'Farrill and Steven Bernstein at Lincoln Center Out of Doors FestivalDamrosch Park Bandshell - Thursday, July 30 at 7 PM
A 20-piece percussion and horn big band created in 2006 by the composer and instrumentalist Letieres Leite, Rumpilezz combines the power of traditional Afro-Bahian rhythms with jazz influences for a one-of-a-kind "veritable explosion of the ...(Published: July 21, 2015) [read more]

Randy Newman, Wycliffe Gordon and His International All-Stars, and Lil Buck at Lincoln Center Out of Doors FestivalDamrosch Park Bandshell - Saturday, July 25 at 7 PM
Musical ambassador and interpreter of America's music, Wycliffe Gordon enjoys an impressive career touring the world performing hard-swinging, straight-ahead jazz to great acclaim. His unmatched modern mastery of the plunger mute and his ...(Published: July 21, 2015) [read more]

My Jazz YatraWhat is jazz?
Over a hundred years after it's origins in New Orleans we still don't have one answer that defines jazz. The legendary answers over the years has been Fats Waller's 'If you don't know what it is, don't mess with it', Louis Armstrong's 'Man, if ...(Published: July 21, 2015) [read more]

HARRIS EISENSTADT'S CANADA DAY IV WILL BE RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 4Drummer/Composer's Quintet Features Nate Wooley on Trumpet, Matt Bauder on Tenor Sax, Chris Dingman on Vibraphone and New Member Pascal Niggenkemper on Bass
"With each new release, Canada Day is developing into a more intriguing ensemble as well as an ideal, malleable outlet for ...(Published: July 20, 2015) [read more]

Audio Fidelity To Release Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Birds Of Fire" On Limited Edition 4.0 Quad SACDCamarillo, CA - Marshall Blonstein's Audio Fidelity is releasing the classic fusion album Birds of Fire by the Mahavishnu Orchestra as a limited edition Hybrid 4.0 Quad SACD. Birds of Fire is Mahavishnu Orchestra's second album. It was released in the first half of 1973 and is the last ...(Published: July 20, 2015) [read more]

Jambalaya Brass Band Founder/Leader Ric Frank
Inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame
New York, NY, July 17, 2015-Ric Frank, leader and founder of the Jambalaya Brass Band (www.jambalayabrassband.com) based in New York City, has been honored as an inductee into the New York Blues Hall of Fame at B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill in New York City. www.blueshalloffame.com. The ...(Published: July 17, 2015) [read more]

Interview: Randi CeeQ: When did you decide to become a jazz vocalist.
A: I had been a fan of the early jazz singers since I was a very small child and my nana would have the Andrew Sisters on the car radio. And then I was taken to jazz festivals and the seed was planted. Then about two years ago I got very serious ...(Published: July 16, 2015) [read more]

Vocalist Randi Cee displays impressive range on new EPThere is a difference between simply covering a classic and actually sounding like it was recorded in the era it originated.
For Randi Cee, her EP Any Kind of Man greatly benefits from its sonic authenticity; one can easily imagine these versions emanating from an old radio, crackling vinyl and ...(Published: July 14, 2015) [read more]

Jazz crooner's big voice almost silenced permanentlyRomantic ending for "What Happened To Romance" singer Steven Davis after suffering a severe vocal cord bleed
Los Angeles, California (14 July 2015): Hard to fathom how close the jazz world came to losing the grand, velvety voice of crooner Steven Davis, who is presently garnering airplay and ...(Published: July 14, 2015) [read more]

FIFTH ANNUAL JOHN COLTRANE JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL IN HIS HOMETOWN OF HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA SET FOR SEPTEMBER 5 AND 6, 2015 by LARRY RENI THOMAS The Friends of John Coltrane,Inc., a High Point, North Carolina-based arts organization, presents, The Fifth Annual John Coltrane International Jazz And Blues Festival, September 5 and 6, 2015 from 3 pm to 10 pm, at Oak Hollow Park, 1841 Eastchester Drive, in High ...(Published: July 14, 2015) [read more]

New Book On Elusive Jazz Composer, Pianist and Co-Songwriter for Cream, Mike Taylor - Now AvailableLondon, UK - Jazz buffs worldwide are excited about the new book documenting the life of elusive British jazz composer, pianist and co-songwriter for classic rock legends Cream, Mike Taylor. Titled "Out Of Nowhere", the biography was written by Italian underground author Luca Ferrari and published ...(Published: July 13, 2015) [read more]

Taylor Mac @ Celebrate Brooklyn! (Prospect Park Bandshell) on August 1 [FREE]SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 7:30 P.M., TAYLOR MAC: the 20th century abridged
"Fabulousness can come in many forms, and Taylor Mac seems intent on assuming each and every one of them," hails The New York Times. The inimitable Mac, who Time Out New York calls, "one of the most exciting theater artists of ...(Published: July 13, 2015) [read more]

Berklee Presents Umbria Jazz Founder Carlo Pagnotta with George Wein Impresario Award and Honorary Doctorates to Paolo Fresu and Charles LloydCommemorating the 30th anniversary of the Berklee-Umbria Jazz Clinics at the Umbria Jazz Festival (July 10-19) in Perugia, Italy, Berklee College of Music presented the festival's founder Carlo Pagnotta with the George Wein Impresario Award at a concert held on the eve of the festival. The ...(Published: July 13, 2015) [read more]

Biography of Charles Lloyd by Josef Woodard to be published in September 2015A VIVID PORTRAIT OF A COMPLEX MUSICIAN-CHARLES LLOYD: A WILD, BLATANT TRUTH WEAVES TOGETHER THE DIFFUSE STRANDS OF CELEBRATED SAXOPHONIST/COMPOSER CHARLES LLOYD'S LIFE
(Los Angeles) - Jazz master Charles Lloyd is currently enjoying great interest and acclaim among both critics and ...(Published: July 13, 2015) [read more]

How Hugh Hefner and Playboy Changed the Face of Music
PLAYBOY SWINGS:
How Hugh Hefner and Playboy Changed the Face of Music
PLAYBOY SWINGS:How Hugh Hefner and Playboy Changed the Face of Music
PLAYBOY SWINGS:
How Hugh Hefner and Playboy Changed the Face of Music
(Beaufort Books - September 14, 2015)
By Patty Farmer
With contributions by Will Friedwald
Forewords by George Wein and Victor Lownes
A comprehensive and wildly entertaining new book from the author ...(Published: July 10, 2015) [read more]